#AP examination of #ethics practices of the U.S. #SupremeCourt relied on documents obtained from more than 100 #PublicRecords requests to public #colleges, #universities and other institutions that have hosted the justices over the past decade. Inside the AP’s investigation into the #ethics practices of the #SupremeCourt #justices #SCOTUS #ethicsreform #oversight #justicedenied #rightwing #elites #federalistsociety #HoratioAlgerAssociation #ClarenceThomas #JohnRoberts https://apnews.com/article/supreme-court-ethics-documents-conflicts-9fa2847e60e11601c872c3ba3eea12a3
#ap #ethics #supremecourt #publicrecords #colleges #universities #justices #SCOTUS #ethicsreform #oversight #justicedenied #rightwing #elites #federalistsociety #horatioalgerassociation #clarencethomas #johnroberts
Vice: ‘It’s About the Little Victories’: Government Closer to Paying $125 Million it Overcharged for Court Records https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/k7z7je/government-to-pay-125-million-pacer-class-action-lawsuit #classactionlawsuits #opengovernment #publicrecords #courtrecords #pacer
#classactionlawsuits #opengovernment #publicrecords #courtrecords #pacer
"Judge Luxen ordered the Denver Public Schools to release the entirety of the recording of the meeting by Monday. Until the appeals court rules, the recording will remain inaccessible to the public." #BrownAct #publicrecords https://www.rcfp.org/denver-schools-secret-meeting/
City of #LA trying to gut California's #publicrecords law because they are still mad they released a photo gallery of their entire police department to Knock LA. https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-06-22/police-photo-release-la-city-attorney-legislation-weaken-public-records-law
Over 6M #publicrecords from #OMVLouisiana exposed to #MOVEithackers #Cyberattack
https://www.naturalnews.com/2023-06-23-6m-public-records-louisiana-exposed-to-hackers.html
#publicrecords #OMVLouisiana #MOVEithackers #cyberattack
"They looked at #publicrecords in 25 county courts on a trip that took them over 1000 miles of road and lasted a full week. By way of contrast, any Virginia official or lawyer could review the same public records in less than an hour without moving from a home computer." https://www.courthousenews.com/separate-and-unequal-access-in-virginia-at-issue-in-court-of-appeal/
"In January 2022, Quemere filed a request for the district attorney’s so-called #Bradylist of #police officers in Hampshire and Franklin counties charged with criminal offenses. In response, the DA’s office sent Quemere a slew of letters referring to more than 30 officers, with the names blacked out, asserting they were protected by the personal #privacy exemption to the #publicrecords law". https://www.gazettenet.com/Man-sues-DA-over-withholding-IDs-of-police-suspects-51307314
#bradylist #police #privacy #publicrecords
Betrayal, failure of #Boston City Council for hard of hearing folks & all interested in accessing online the public funded (180K) Stenographic Record from recent Public Meetings of City Council, stenography is more complete than Minutes & more accurate than videocaptions. #DenialOfAccess ! #PublicRecords
#boston #denialofaccess #publicrecords
Second Trump indictment lands, this one from federal charges filed by special counsel
The indictment charges that Trump unlawfully took and retained classified information that did not belong to him after exiting the White House, and that he lied about his actions and obstructed the federal government's efforts to recover the documents, because he didn't want to give them back.
#AccountableLeaders #CriminalJustice #Intelligence #PublicRecords
#publicrecords #intelligence #criminaljustice #accountableleaders
R/T stoplapdspying@bird.makeup
Did you know that according to LAPD's After Action Report, the city placed 33 cameras within Echo Park Lake?
Do you know where they are?
We sued the city to find out.
Join us on Sunday, June 11 at 1 pm as we identify the cameras at Echo Park Lake!
https://bird.makeup/users/stoplapdspying/statuses/1665838189938868224
#LA #LosAngeles #LAPD #StopLAPDSpying #EchoPatk #surveillance #CPRA #PublicRecords
#la #losangeles #lapd #stoplapdspying #echopatk #surveillance #CPRA #publicrecords
"“The city that has always been pathologically hostile to PRA requests doubled down on its pathological hostility,” #SanJose #PublicRecords https://sanjosespotlight.com/san-jose-limiting-publics-access-to-city-records/
#EFF to Court: #California’s #PublicRecords Law Must Remain a Check on #Police Use of #Drones
https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2023/05/eff-court-californias-public-records-law-must-remain-check-police-use-drones
#eff #california #publicrecords #police #drones
The @cityattorneyla has made the dumbest argument I’ve ever seen.
This relates to the LAPD picture release case. What the fuck is this:
R/T filmthepolicela@bird.makeup
https://bird.makeup/users/filmthepolicela/statuses/1659216499679318016
#LAPD #LA #LosAngeles #WatchTheWatchers #StopLAPDSpying #CityAttorney #CPRA #PublicRecords
#lapd #la #losangeles #watchthewatchers #stoplapdspying #cityattorney #CPRA #publicrecords
Absolutely excellent public records work from the Daily Dot focusing on the prevalence of imaginary fentanyl ODs among cops.
https://www.dailydot.com/debug/police-fentanyl-overdoses-orlando-fredricksburg/
#Fentanyl #Police #PoliceAbolition #DailyDot #Copaganda #FentanylOD #PublicRecords
#fentanyl #police #policeabolition #dailydot #copaganda #fentanylod #publicrecords
Copblaster put those LAPD headshots online with the ability to add reviews!! As reporter Ben Camacho put it it's Yelp for cops.
H/T @bencamach0
https://bird.makeup/users/bencamach0/statuses/1652774313207148546
#LAPD #LosAngeles #LA #WatchTheWatchers #StopLAPDSpying #CopBlaster #Police #PoliceAbolition #Abolition #BenCamacho #KnockLA #CPRA #PublicRecords #CaliforniaPublicRecordsAct
#lapd #losangeles #la #watchthewatchers #stoplapdspying #copblaster #police #policeabolition #Abolition #bencamacho #knockla #CPRA #publicrecords #californiapublicrecordsact
Florida GOP lawmakers approve shielding DeSantis travel records
https://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/3984650-florida-gop-lawmakers-desantis-travel-records/
#TheHill
#FloridaPolitics
#DeSantis
#GOP
#Transparency
#PublicRecords
#GovernmentAccountability
#SunshineLaw
#thehill #floridapolitics #desantis #gop #transparency #publicrecords #governmentaccountability #sunshinelaw
The Florida Legislature is set to shield the governor’s official travel records from public records laws as his presidential campaign looms.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/wxj5k4/desantis-public-travel-records-exempt-florida-republicans
#News #RonDeSantis #Politics #2024election #publicrecords
#News #rondesantis #politics #2024election #publicrecords
This segment about the document storage warehouse for Cook County’s Clerk of the Circuit Court is waaaaaay more fun than it should be. It has John Wayne Gacy, Leopoldo and Loeb, Mary Todd Lincoln and boxes upon boxes of records. #illinois #publicrecords https://news.wttw.com/2023/04/18/leopold-and-loeb-gacy-cicero-facility-houses-millions-criminal-records
Ben Camacho filed an anti-SLAPP motion against the City of LA for suing him over all those cop head shots LAPD released in response to a public records request. Here's a copy of the motion, to be heard on August 2.
#LosAngeles #CPRA #AntiSLAPP #LA #LAPD #ACAB #BenCamacho #KnockLA #PublicRecords
#losangeles #CPRA #antislapp #la #lapd #acab #bencamacho #knockla #publicrecords